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Harnes Marsh Preserve

Harnes Marsh Preserve from directly overhead

Harnes Marsh Preserve is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. The nearest named place is West Marsh Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
East County Water Control District

How to reach it

Coordinates26.65012, -81.69095

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jim Fleming Ecological Park: 2.3 mi
  • Lehigh Acres Community Park North: 3.4 mi
  • Melrose Sovereign: 4.3 mi
  • Buckingham Community Park & Dog Park: 4.3 mi
  • Fort Myers Shores Fire District Station 82: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves: 21
Artworks: 18
Attractions: 18
  • Nature Walk: 6.5 mi
  • Nature walk entrence: 6.6 mi
  • Nature walk entrence: 6.6 mi
  • Lee County Civic Center Campus: 6.8 mi
  • Six Mile Cypress Slough: 10.0 mi
Museums: 11
Historic sites: 10
  • WW II Gun Turrets: 5.4 mi
  • WW II Munitions Building: 5.4 mi
  • WW II Munitions Building: 5.5 mi
  • Stench Monument: 14.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Beach Area: 4.9 mi
  • Waterfront: 13.2 mi
  • Cape Coral Yacht club beach: 17.7 mi
  • Bunche Beach: 20.9 mi
  • Lee County Dog Beach: 21.5 mi
Gardens: 5
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Charlotte County Truck Stop Northbound: 24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0819:39
June solstice06:3519:5020:24
September equinox07:1618:5419:25
December solstice07:1217:0517:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F656770747882838482787267
Precip in2.41.51.91.93.010.38.68.88.53.11.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Myers SW Florida Rgnl AP, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/360955333

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